South Bank & Dringhouses

York · Yorkshire and The Humber · population 7,765 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

97Area Score / 100 ?
  • #176 of 6,856 in England
  • #16 of 694 in Yorkshire and The Humber
  • #2 of 24 in York
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,760
Median age (est.)42
Density2,077per km²
No qualifications8%
Degree or above56%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 29%45–64 27%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 6%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 7%Other: 16%
One person 31%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 7%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 35% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional35%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional15%
Administrative8%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service6%
Caring & leisure6%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 94%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 44% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 10%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

South Bank & Dringhouses is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #176 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #2 of 24 in York. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (96) and lowest on Living environment (52). Typical homes here sold for about £390,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 135 sales), 30% above the wider York median of £300,000. Typical household take-home income is around £50,545 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 39 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 92 · #512
Employment 96 · #300
Education 96 · #307
Health 87 · #896
Crime 87 · #869
Housing & access 96 · #279
Living environment 52 · #3,316

House prices ?

£390,000median (12m) · +5.4% yr · n=135
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£390,000135+5.4%+18.2%
Detached£600,00021+0.8%+17.4%
Semi-detached£433,00034+1.9%+9.6%
Terraced£304,50062+6.5%+1.5%
Flat£264,00018-20.0%-16.2%
This area£390,000
York£300,000
Yorkshire and The Humber£215,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£50,545±£7,274 · #968 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,129
Price-to-income ?7.7×typical home ÷ net income — similar to the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

73Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

39 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 304 offences
York69
Yorkshire and The Humber97
England83

Rank #1,186 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences136
Theft55
Burglary8
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson26
Public order & weapons34
Drugs23
Robbery2
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 125 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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